how to move ntfs partition?

[Alexander Smirnov]

David McGlone wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 November 2007 11:36:01 am Earl Violet wrote:
>   
>>>>>>> 1. [swap] [free] [ntsf]
>>>>>>> 2. [swap] [    ntsf      ]
>>>>>>> 3 [swap] [ntsf] [free]
>>>>>>>               
> No. Combine the free partition with the ntfs partition, this will move the 
> data on the partition to the beginning of the drive
>
> example:
>
> Lets just say the free space is 10Gb and the ntfs partition is 20Gb and 5Gb of 
> the ntsf partition is full of data so:
>
> [free] [<-- ntsf data-->|<--rest of ntsf partition-->]
>           [<----- 5Gb ------>|<------------ 15Gb ------------->] 
>
> Now lets merge the free space and the ntfs partition. Even though the free 
> space in _before_ the ntfs partition, when they are merged the data should 
> move to the beginning of the drive.
>
> So now we have:
>
> [<-- ntsf data -->|<------- rest of ntfs partition ------->]
> [<----- 5Gb ------->|<-------------- 25Gb ----------------------->]
>
> Now we take the whole partition and shrink it leaving some free space at the 
> end of the drive. Lets say he wanted to have 10Gb of free space so we shrink 
> the whole ntfs drive from 30Gb to 20Gb
>
> so now we have.
>
> [<--ntsf data-->|<---rest of ntsf drive-->] [ free space]
> [<---- 5Gb ------>|<------------15Gb----------->] [<-- 10Gb -->]
>
> Does that explain it better?
great thanks for the help!

here is my actual picture:
[ swap ] [ blank partition ] [----------190 GB ntfs-----------]
<---2Gb--> <---------40Gb--------> <-------140Gb------->|<---50Gb--->

I did not understand how to merge 2 ntfs partitions. Do you mean i 
should create new ntfs partition on the place there 'blank' is located 
now and then copy files from 'old' partition to 'new' one? I don't think 
that's possible taking into account i have 140Gb of data on my 'old' 
partition and 'new' would be just 40Gb :-(